The Gauntlets of Azrael is a piece of Legendary (5-Star) Gear, evolved from the Epic (4-Star) gear, Gloves of Azrael. The unevolved version can be obtained by ranking in the top 5% of certain Online Battle seasons, or as a possible reward in the Worst Heroes Ever Bundle, The Dawn of Justice Triple Pack, Nth Metal Pro Packs, or Nth Metal Ultimate Packs.
It is also rewarded by completing Battle 56 in Standard Battle for the first time.
Effects[]
- 10% - 30% MAX HEALTH increase
- 55% - 95% LIFEDRAIN chance on Combo Ender
- [EVOLVED] 45% - 95% chance to HEAL teammates on Combo Ender
Mechanics[]
Team heal on combo ender
Unlike regular life drain, the Gauntlets' life drain heals by the full damage dealt, instead of half. The two life drain effects are separate; it is possible for one to activate and the other to not activate on the same combo ender, and every hit of the combo ender (for characters with multi-hit combo enders) has a separate chance of triggering the effects.
The life drain also has a chance to heal the user's teammates per hit of combo ender. Only its own life drain can apply team heal.
Strategy[]
The Gauntlets of Azrael is often paired with Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar as they both offer unique effects on combo enders. However, Gauntlets of Azrael was much less popular as it lacks the significant punch of the Scimitar and the health it grants does not synergize with the lifedrain, which scales according to damage dealt. However, while the Scimitar is nerfed to only be applied once with most multi-hit combo enders, the Gauntlets still apply on all hits, and more characters are released with more powerful combo enders which greatly contributed to its popularity. A better synergy would be the Gauntlets with the Overpowered 5-U-93-R, as their ability to life drain on combo enders can stack. The crit chance on basic attacks granted by the Pill will also greatly increase the quantity of health given to teammates.
Gauntlets of Azrael works very well for Darkseid/Apokolips, as when his Life Steal combo ender effect activates, it deals 15% of his damage stat prior to modifications, heals for the same amount, which will stack with the Gauntlets' lifedrain. His Cursed debuff, which causes all hits to crit against his target, also compensates for its lack of crit, especially when paired with Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar (which gives basic damage but not crit). Other powerful users of the Gauntlets include Deathstroke/Flashpoint (up to 23% total damage on combo ender with 2 Flashpoint teammates, while Batman/Flashpoint massively boosts his crit damage), Green Arrow/Rebirth (15%) and Green Lantern/Jessica Cruz Rebirth (22%).
While Gauntlets of Azrael is one of the less desirable pieces of 5-star gear, it has strong scaling from further fusing after it is evolved; fully evolving it can bring a surprising amount of team endurance.
It is very useful for Survivor, as it allows one character (preferably the extremely strong Survivor choice, Raven/Prime, who also has decent combo enders to work with) to constantly refill the team's health, once again is greatly paired with Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar.
Fusing[]
| Level | Credits | 
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| +1 | 1,000 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| +2 | 2,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| +3 | 3,000 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| +4 | 4,000 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| +5 | 5,000 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| +6 | 6,000 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| +7 | 7,000 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| +8 | 8,000 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| +9 | 9,000 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| +10 | 10,000 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Credits |
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| 60,000 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| 115,000 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 5 |
| Level | Credits |
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| +1 | 5,000 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| +2 | 10,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| +3 | 15,000 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| +4 | 20,000 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| +5 | 25,000 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| +6 | 30,000 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| +7 | 35,000 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| +8 | 40,000 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| +9 | 45,000 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| +10 | 50,000 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
| Credits |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 390,000 | 441 | 441 | 441 | 5 |
Shattering[]
| Evolution |
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Bonus
Shards |
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| Unevolved | 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | --> | ? | ? | ? |
| Evolved | 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | --> | ? | ? | ? |
| Maxed | 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | --> | 36-71 | 36-70 | 36-70 |
Ignoring the power credit cost and assuming minimum output (24 red, 24 blue, 24 green), evolving it breaks even after 7 gear pieces shattered.
Ignoring the power credit cost and assuming minimum output (60 red, 60 blue, 60 green), maxing it breaks even after 5 gear pieces shattered (over the base evolved form).
Trivia[]
- This piece of gear belongs to Jean-Paul Valley aka Azrael, who became Batman for a short while after the original Batman (Bruce Wayne) was defeated by Bane in the Batman Knightfall series.
- Previously, the wording on the gear wrongly implies any life drain effect can heal teammates with this gear, but this has since been corrected.
| Gear (evolved) |
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| 4→5 star 5-U-93-R Pill (Overpowered 5-U-93-R) • Alien Artifact (Mother Box) • Ancient Katana (Soultaker Sword) • Astro Force (Astro-Harness) • Black Diamond (Heart of Darkness) • Black Power Battery (Nekron's Scythe) • Cloak (Cloak of Destiny) • Gingo Fruit (Gingold Soda) • Gloves of Azrael (Gauntlets of Azrael) • Mysterious Artifact (The Ibistick) • Nightwing's Ninjato (Brandished Ninjato) • Ra's Al Ghul's Dagger (Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar) • Riddler's Cane (Riddler's Staff) • Scarecrow's Mask (Scarecrow's Ventilator Mask) • Sengoku Helmet (Batman Ninja Helmet) • The Batmobile (Militarized Batmobile) • The Master's Arms (The Master's Death Cart) • Time Capsule (Quake Engine) • Totem (Tantu Totem) • War Gauntlet (Claw of Horus)
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